Ironing-table for pressing-machines.



O. A. SMITH. IRONING TABLE FOR PRESSING MACHINES. APPLIGATIONIILED NOV. 27, 1909.

980,688, Patnted Jan. 3, 1911.

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INVEN TEI WITNESl-ISI G. A. SMITH. IRONING TABLE FOR PRBSSING MACHINES APPLICATION FILED NOV. 27, 1909.

Patented Jan. 3, 1911.

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OF BELLAIRE,

S ATES OHIO.

IBONING-TABLE FOR PRESSING-MACHINES.

Application filed November 27, 1909. Serial No. 530,224.

T 0 all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARLOS A. SMITH, a citizenof the United States of America, and resident of Bellaire, county of Belmont, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in" Ironing Tables for Pressing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in ironing tables for laundry pressing or iron ing machines, and it has for its primary ob ject to provide an ironing table having improved means whereby the moisture con tained by the clothes or garments ironed thereon may be readily disposed of.

A further object is to provide an improved cushion or pad through which the moisture driven from the garments may readily pass.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved form of bosom plate for use in ironing shirts, which plate is particularly adapted for use in connection with my ironing table when ironing shirts.

' With these and other objects in view, the invention finally consists in the particular construction, arrangement and combination of parts which will hereinafter be fully de- \scribed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of the invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 2-2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 33, Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the bed-plate; Fig.'5 is a similar view of the rubber pad; Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion of the same; Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the foraminous plate which is'interposed between the rubber pad and the bed-plate; and Fig. 8 is a similar View of the bosom plate.

Referring to said drawings, in which like reference characters designate like parts throughout the several v1ews--1 indicates the bed-plate of the ironing table, the same being mounted upon the ordinary semi-rotatable supporting arm 2 carried by pedestal 3 of a pressing or ironing machine. The upper surface of said bed-plate is provided with a series ofgrooves or channels 4 each of which inclines slightly from its opposite ends to a cross-groove 5 which inclines from its opposite ends to a drain-opening 6 from Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 3, 1911.

which leads a flexible drain-pipe or hose 7.

bald grooves and drain-pipe are adapted for receiving and conducting to a suitable point the water collected from the clothes during the pressing or ironing process.

Resting upon the bed-plate 1'is a foraminous plate 8, preferably of wire netting, as shown, and superposed oversai'dgplate 8 is. a heavy pad 9 of a soft resilient material, such as rubber, rubber-fabric, cork, or a cork and rubber composition, having-a plurality of perforations 10 therein, as shown. Mounted over the pad 9 is one or a plurality of layers or thicknesses of cloth or soft padding 11 upon which the garments to beironed are placed, as ordinarily.

In practice, the garment, which has previously been stretched over the top of the ironing table, is brought intocontact with or pressure-applying relation to aheated ironing plate. as ordinarily, and tl1e garment is ironed by the pressure and heat of said plate. The moisturein the' garments is converted into steam or vapor when the heated plate contacts therewith, which steam or vapor is driven through the padding 11, perforations 10 in the pad 9, and the wire netting, and in its passage is condensed. The condensed vapor follows, in the form of water, the grooves in the bed-plate 1, and is conducted away through the drain-pipe 7.

For preventing the material of which the pad 9 is composed from collapsing in such a manner as to partially or wholly close the perforations 10 thereof, a coil-spring 19. is fitted-closely in each perforation. These springs, while preventing the material from being pressed or crushed inward to clog said perforations, admit of the ready passage of water therethrough and yield to pressure with the material.

Since the fold-over portions of an open a bosom plate 14 for insertion between the fold-over portions of the shirt, which plate has aplurality of perforations 15 in the edge thereof which underlies said strip 13. The perforations admit of the passage therethrough of such moisture as is driven from said strip 13.

In order to provide grasping means whereby the bosom plate may be held while holding the body or bosom of the shirt stretched, the bosom-plate ltis formed with an integral L-shaped extension 16, the lower edge of which parallelsthe folded or tucked under tail of the shirt, as shown in Fig. 1. Said lower edge is referably turned or rolled to form a bee 17 whereby the operator'may grasp the plate for forcing it into pro er or squared position and for holding t is same in place.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I 1. An ironing table for laundry pressing machines, comprising a bed-plate provided with draining means, a foraminous plate located over said bed-plate, a pad of resilient material superposed over said foraminous plate, said pad having perforations therein, means for preventing clogging of said perforations, and a fabric covering for said pad. a

2. An ironing table for laundry pressing machines, coinprisinga bed-plate provided with draining means, a foraminous plate located over said bed-plate, a pad of resilient material superposed over said foraminous plate, said pad having perforations therein,

coil springs vfitted in said perforations, and a fabric covering for said pad.

3. Anvironing table for laundry pressing machines, comprising a bed-plate having water collecting and conducting means, a 'foraminous plate seated. upon said bed-plate, a perforated pad of yieldable material seated upon said foraminous plate, means mounted in the perforations of said pad for maintaining the full capacities thereof, and a fabric covering for said pad.

4. An ironing table for laundry pressing machines, comprising a bed-plate having water collecting and conducting means, a wire/gauze overlying said bed-plate, aperforated pad of yieldable material overlying said gauze, means for preventing restriction of the capacity of the perforations in the pad when the latter is subjected to pressure, and a covering for said pad.

5. An ironing table for laundry pressing machines, comprising ,a bed-plate having water collecting and conducting means, a wire gauze overlying said bed-plate, a perforated pad of yieldable material overlying said wire gauze, coil springs fitted in the perforations of said pad for maintaining the full capacities thereof, and a covering for said pad.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two subscribing wltnesses.

CARLOS A. Sit 11TH. lVitnesses H. E. DUNLAP,

E. A. LEUKARD. 

